Monday, October 17, 2011

It's Helen again, from Durban, South Africa, sharing a recent page I made using some

Medical Gauze I bought at the pharmacy here!! Yes, you read that right! Sourcing the latest
& greatest scrapbooking products is a challenge for me here & I have to buy
most of what I use online from overseas, but there are a few things I manage
to source locally& medical gauze is one of them....

Obviously the gauze comes in white but it isvery easy to dye it to any colour youlike

by spritzing it with glimmer mist or even paint mixed with water in a spray bottle.

The best way to do this is to lay some plastic on the floor
(I do this inside to avoid the fine gauze getting blown in the wind)
then spray the mist on from about 40cm away - at about a 45% angle -

this helps the mist to spread more easily rather than pooling in dark blobs!

No need to buy expensive plastic sheets - simply slice open a large refuse bag -

down the side and across the bottom - open it up and there you have it!

And for another - totally different effect - using exactly the same gauze -you can actually paint it -
for a stiffer, more masculine look, like I have done here on this page.

The gauze I buy is HEALTHEASE by PLASTERMAN and comes in packs of 100 sheets

folded into 10cm squares {but when opened up are roughly A4 size}

and only cost me the equivalent of AUS$4 for ALL THAT!

So head on down to your local pharmacy & have a look around in the First Aid Section - who'd have thought hey!?!